Hanger arrangement for supplemental windows



Jan. 1, 1952 w. F. BARNARD HANGER ARRANGEMENT FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL WINDOW 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 Filed Oct. 5, 1946 v. INVENTOR. /%//za/zz max-Hard Jan. 1, 1952 w. F. BARNARD HANGER ARRANGEMENT FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL WINDOW 2 SHEETS--SHEET 2 Filed Oct. 5, 1946 UAA A Z jug 62% A N N MWMR Patented Jan. 1, 1952 HANGER ARRANGEMENT FOR SUPPLEMENTAL WINDOWS William F. Barnard, OakPar-k, Ill. Application October 5, 1946, Serial No. 701,470

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved hanger arrangement for a supplemental window, such as ,in design or construction, may be manufactured with facility and will permit the supplemental window to swing open when desired for the purpose of ventilation.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved hanger arrangement of this character which may be secured in position without the necessity of the use of fastening screws or devices which pass. through the supplemental window and into the window frame.

A further object is to provide an improved hanger arrangement which comprises slotted plates on the upper corners of the sash of the supplemental window and in addition coacting hook type brackets which are pivotally mounted on the'upper corners of the window frame and are adapted after application of the slotted plates to the hook parts thereof to be swung in one direction in order to draw the supplemental window into position and hold it in closed relation with the window frame.

To the attainment of these ends, and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in substantially the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts,

hereinafter more fully described and claimed,

and shown in the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a window frame and supplemental window having applied thereto a hanger arrangement embodying the invention, the supplemental window being shown before the slotted brackets on the upper corners thereof are applied to the hook parts of the pivotally mounted brackets on the upper corners of the window frame.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front view showing the supplemental window in place in the window frame;

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the lower portion of the supplemental window, showing the manner of securing the lower end of the supplemental window;

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of a portion of one of the upper corners of the supplemental window, showing in detail the construction and design of the slotted plates;

Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section, partly broken away, showing the supplemental window in position with respect to the window frame and illustrating the manner in which the hanger arrangement functions when in its operative posi tion;

r Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 8;

Fig. '7 is a section on line 'l'( of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a side view of one of the hook equipped brackets, the bracket being shown in position to permit the associated slotted plate on the supplemental window to be hung thereupon; and

Fig. 9 is a view at right angles to Fig. 8, parts being shown in section and other parts being shown broken away.

Throughout the specification and claims, the improved hanger arrangement will be described in connection with a window frame and a supplemental window. It is to be understood, however, that the words supplemental window are to be considered as covering a storm window, a full screen, a shutter, a blind or the like.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the numeral Ill designates, generally, a window frame having upper and lower sashes l I, I2, and vertical guide rails l3, l4, 15, between which the sashes slide, all being of the usual and wellknown construction and arrangement.

The supplemental window in connection with which this invention is illustrated, consists essentially of a frame 15, of a size and configuration to fit within the window frame from the outregister with cut-out portions I9 in the supplemental window frame.

The numeral 20 designates abracket of substantially inverted L-shaped configuration, and this is pivotally mounted, as at 2|, to a base plate 22. The latter is secured. as at 23, preferably by means of screws or other anchoring means, to the upper end of the guide rail it. There are two brackets 20 and these are secured at each side of the windowframe. Sinee the brackets are of similar construction, a description of one willapply equally as well to the'other.

The outer end of one of the-arms of the bracket 20 is shaped to form a hook part 24, and at the end of the other arm there is provided an operating handle which is preferably of a construction to contain a pin influenced by a compression spring 21 seated in the handle. This pin is adapted to be projected into an opening, 28 in the base plate 22 when brought into alinement with such opening by the movement of the bracket 29 about its pivot 21. The base member 22 may be provided with a cut-away inclined portion 29 leading to the opening 28 in order to facilitate the entrance of the pin thereinto, and for guiding the pin to the opening. A knob 30 may be secured to the pin to facilitate withdrawal of the pin 25 from the opening 28 against the force of the spring 21'.

A slot 3! is provided in the base plate-22, and a pin 32 on the bracket 21! projects thereinto, so as to limit swinging movement of the bracket about its pivot, and to assist in sustaining the weight of the supplemental window in connection with application of the latter to the brackets 20. The slot is of such length that the bracket will have a substantial movement about its pivot.

If desired, the pivot 2! may be in the shape of a pin having a pointed end 33, which may be driven into the window frame as a centering means for the bracket, and the other end of the pin may be provided with a screw thread to receive nuts 34.

The hook part 24 of the bracket 26 projects for a substantial distance beyond the outer face of l the other window sash l l, and the end having the handle 25 is accessible from the inside of the window.

Carried by the supplemental window at the lower end, and on each side thereof, is an anchoring bracket having an L-shaped arm 35 and a handle 36, and this bracket is pivotally secured in position by means of a pivot member 31, such as a screw or the like. The arm and handle are preferably arranged at substantially right angles to each other. The arm 35 is adapted to engage behind the adjacent guide rail [3 for the outer window sash H, so as to draw the lower end of the supplemental window close to the rail l3, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. When in this position, the handle 36 will assume a position to extend along the frame of the supplemental window. The extremity of the handle 36 may be fashioned to form a hook-shaped portion 31a, to be engaged by the users finger for not only swinging the anchoring bracket about its pivot 3'l,'into and out of active position, but also as a means whereby the window may be drawn into position against the window frame, when it is hung upon the brackets 20.

With this improved hanger arrangement, and when it is desired to apply or mount the supplemental window, the window sashes and i2 are moved to a position to provide an opening at the top and bottom of the window frame Ill, as shown in Fig. 1. The brackets 20 are then swung about their pivots from the position shown in Fig. 5 to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 8. The supplemental window is then passed through the opening below the window sashes, from the inside of the window frame to the outside thereof, and the slotted plates I! are hooked upon the hook parts 24 of the brackets 29 (Fig. 8). The brackets 20 are then swung about their pivots 2|, which will raise the upper end of the window It, and draw the upper ends of the plates 11- against the outside of the window frame (Fig. 5). -When the pins 26 enter the openings 28, the top of the supplemental window will be held in position. The supplemental window may then be drawn in at the bottom, as the plates 11 will swing upon the brackets 20.

When the lower end of the window abuts the guide rails [3, the anchoring brackets 35, 36 may then be swung about their pivots 31, causing the arms 35 to engage behind the rails IS. The supplemental window will then be securely locked in position, and the raising and lowering of the window sashes willnot be interfered with.

To remove the supplemental window, the brackets 35-36 are first swung into inactive positions, after which the brackets 20 may be moved from the position shown in Fig. 5 to the position shown in Fig, 8, and the supplemental window may be detached from the brackets 20. All of the operations of securing the window in position, and of removing it, are performed from inside of the window frame I0.

With this improved hanger arrangement, and when used in connection with a storm window, the brackets '20 will permit the storm window to be swung open when needed or desired for ventilation purposes.

While the preferred form of the invention has been herein shown and described, it is to be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

What is claimed as new is:

i. As a new article of manufactuitaa hanger device adapted in connection with a similar oppositely disposed device removably to secure in place within the outer portion of a conventional window frame a full sized supplemental window having at its upper corners a pair of fixed plates with vertical slots therein, and comprising a vertically extending mounting plate secured flatly against the inner surface of the upper eiid of one of the side members of the window frame, a one-piece bracket disposed immediately adjacent the exposed surface of the mounting plate,- embodying an elongated outwardly projecting upwardly facing hook part for receiving the slotted plate on the adjacent corner of the supplemental window and in addition an arm ccnnected fixedly to, and extending downwards from, the inner end of the hook part, having a horizontal pivot element between the inner end of its hook part and the upper end of the mounting plate whereby it is mounted so that when swung in one direction the hook part swings downwards and when swung in the opposite di rection the hook part swings upwards, and adapted after being swung in said one direction to have the slotted plate on the adjacent corner of the supplemental window applied to its book part and when swung in said opposite direction after application of the last mentioned plate to said hook part to shift the adjacent upper corner of the supplemental window into seated relation with the adjacent upper corner of the window frame, a pin and slot connection between the arm and the mounting plate for limiting swinging movement of the bracket, and releasable latch means between the arm and said mounting plate for locking the bracket in place after swinging thereof in said opposite direction.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a hanger device adapted in connection with a similar oppositely disposed device removably to secure in place within the outer portion of a conventional window frame a full sized supplemental window having at its upper corners a pair of fixed plates with vertical slots therein, and comprising a vertically extending vmounting plate secured flatly against the inner surface of the upper end of one of the side members of the window frame, a one-piece bracket disposed immediately adjacent the exposed surface of the mounting plate, embodying an elongated outwardly projecting upwardly facing hook part for receiving the slotted plate on the adjacent corner of the supplemental window and in addition an arm connected fixedly to, and extending downwards from, the inner end of the hook part, having a horizontal pivot element between the inner end of its hook part and the upper end of the mounting plate whereby it is mounted so that when swung in one direction the hook part swings downwards and when swung in the opposite direction the hook part swings upwards, and adapted after being swung in said one direction to have the slotted plate on the adjacent corner of the supplemental window applied to its hook part and when swung in said opposite direction after application of the last mentioned plate to said hook part to shift the adjacent upper corner of the supplemental window into seated relation with the adjacent upper corner of the window frame, means in the form of a laterally and inwardly extending pin on the upper end of the arm and a hori-- zontal slot in the adjacent portion of the mount- REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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